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Bee sends his love to his brother's family and asks that his son be taken care of "should I fall in this war."
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[Annotation:] Winchester Va June 20, 1861
[body:] Love to all your little ones and MIssie _ Should I fall in this war, take care of my family and try and make my boy like his uncle and Grandfather
Yours affectionately
B.E.Bee
[annotation:] The last letter my borther wrote to me, he fell July 21, 1861 at Manassas
H.P. Bee
[annotation:The son alluded to died in 1862 at Pendleton So Ca.
[verso:]
[annotation] June 20, 1861
Gen B.E. Bee
I will do it_
H.P. Bee
June 20 1861
The last letter received from my Dear Brother B.E. Bee
Creation Date
6-20-1861
City
Winchester
State/Province
Virginia
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1824-1861
Keywords
Barnard E. Bee, B.E. Bee, H.P. Bee, June 20, 1861, 20 June 1861, letter, will, Manassas, Pendleton
Resource Identifier
080416-29
Date Digital
9-1-2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Cultural History | History | Military History | Social History
Publisher
Wofford College
Language
En-us
Recommended Citation
Bee, Barnard E., "Last letter Barnard E. Bee wrote to his brother H.P. Bee, June 20, 1861" (1861). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 285.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/285
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